Comments | xlineartx: I love this pairing so much. SO MUCH.

xlineartx

I love this pairing so much. SO MUCH.

Aug 24, 2009 23:30

Title: To the Ends of the Earth
Fandom: X-Men (X-Factor)
Characters, pairings: Rictor/Shatterstar
Rating: R
Summary: Some of the things that happened in Mexico.

( The ground was shaking, and he was shaking, because he was the ground and the ground was him. )

comics, rictor/shatterstar, marvel, fic, slashy goodness, road trip, why so angsty, writing

Comments 18

iambickilometer August 25 2009, 04:56:01 UTC

That's - I really like it. Mexico's a popular topic, it seems, but I like that you didn't have them have some sort of breakup, that Shatterstar just had shit to do. I loved Rictor getting to seismologically let go, and then wondering if he exhausted his powers then after M-Day. Ouch, but so good.

(and it hurts less when I remember that 'Star did come back.)

xlineartx August 25 2009, 05:18:27 UTC

Thanks!

I think if they broke up it would've been addressed. Like, they wouldn't have just stood around making out for 20 minutes.

I do think Star flaked out and really should've checked in with Ric at some point (especially after M-Day). He is sometimes a ditz.

iambickilometer August 25 2009, 05:35:38 UTC

I agree with you there, which is why I liked that you depicted it as you did. (They were making out for an awfully long time, weren't they? I mean, it was getting dark when next we saw them...)

I think you're right. Actually, I have to wonder if Shatterstar ever even thought Rictor would be at risk during M-Day. It seems like the kind of thing he would just assume to be all right, if no one told him otherwise.

which really makes me want to read the conversation they still haven't had yet.

shinetheway August 25 2009, 06:53:42 UTC

I'm speechless. Wow.

This story was alternately hilarious, hot, and heartbreaking, and I'm utterly speechless at the end of it, because all of it was done so gorgeously.

You created a Shatterstar that wasn't a meek or subordinate stereotype. You created a Rictor that wasn't a tortured (or self-loathing homophobic) stereotype.

This was gorgeous, beginning to end--gorgeous and evocative and beautiful.

And omg, STAR CAME BACK. [melts into a puddle] of love and warm happy feelings] I can die happy.

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settiai August 25 2009, 06:07:01 UTC

Oh, this was awesome.

xlineartx August 25 2009, 16:58:47 UTC

Oh I am so glad you liked it!

silver_paired August 25 2009, 15:02:59 UTC

God, I really, really liked this. A lot. Shatterstar's consideration in this is absolutely touching, and so completely unique to the two of them it's even more wonderful, but not in a saccharine way or anything like that. The explanation you give for their separation is both original and completely plausible, and seriously why have they not talked about this kind of thing on-panel yet, God. /impatient

Um. Yes, anywho! This was lovely, thank you very much for sharing.

xlineartx August 25 2009, 17:03:04 UTC

Thank you for your nice words!

Yes, Star is very considerate, isn't he? He makes up for it by being a complete flake who never calls his boyfriend. He probably had important ninja work to do or something.

I really want Rictor to buy him a cell phone.

hyperactivator August 25 2009, 22:26:51 UTC

good.

xlineartx August 25 2009, 22:42:58 UTC

Thank you!

harmonyangel August 26 2009, 04:39:03 UTC

Oh, this is just gorgeous. I love the imagery in this, all the tiny details that -- both in a structural sense and in an in-story physical sense -- build to such an amazing climax. Lovely, lovely work, hot and beautiful.

xlineartx August 26 2009, 04:50:51 UTC

Aw thanks!

Sometimes the little details are the ones that stuck out in my mind the most--Star liking mangoes, for instance, or Tabby making them a CD.